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Acer Aspire desktops - all-in-one design and excellent usability

11th September 2010 Print

Brighten your digital life with an all-in-one desktop that combines a space saving design with advanced usability. Today's latest entertainment runs smoothly on the most recent addition to Acer's family of all-in-one PCs, the Aspire Z5100/Z5101 and Z3100/Z3101, a series of desktops that offer premium performance together with state-of-the-art features.

The modern minimalist design makes these desktops pleasing to the eye and will give your working space a stylish look and feel. The space-saving design is graced by an attractive gray and black color scheme, while neat lines set off the spacious Full HD panels. Cool blue lighting placed above the eye-catching integrated speakers has four brightness settings to create the right mood and light up the keyboard. When not in use the keyboard can be nicely tucked away below the PC enhancing the minimalist look. Inspired by modern art the silver backstand features a simple yet stylish design.

Aspire Z5201 and Z3101 are equipped with multi-touch display technology and are preloaded with the Acer TouchPortal. Simple and intuitive to use, Acer TouchPortal offers an extremely easy way to interact with your PC and lets you have fun in the process. What’s more it is preloaded on all new Acer Touch devices, delivering a brand new touch experience focused on making technology work in a very simple and natural way.

The Acer TouchPortal provides a truly intuitive touch experience bringing together a full suite of touch applications for fun and entertainment. The sliding menu at the bottom of the TouchPortal screen allow easy access to touch applications. To launch an application, just scroll along the dock, drag the icon into the portal screen and you're done!

Set the mood with TouchMusic, that lets you browse, manage and play your favourite music. Enjoy your life’s precious moments with TouchPhoto; organize photo albums, use the multi-touch controls to rotate photos, zoom in and out, and flip to the next or previous picture. TouchPhoto even lets you show your family and friends your Flickr and Facebook photos.

With TouchVideo you can enjoy Blu-ray or DVD movies and home videos, as well as watch clips from YouTube or Facebook or upload your videos to YouTube. TouchBrowser provides an intuitive finger-friendly way of browsing websites or instantly preview with thumbnails of your favourite websites. TouchCam features handy touch controls to add fun video effects while chatting online, or do theme-style recording and share with friends on YouTube.

Despite their compact size, the Aspire Z5100/Z5101 and Z3100/Z3101 are strong performers able to handle anything you need. AMD VISION platform can run power demanding applications and multimedia with ease. Creating advanced graphics, engaging in intense gaming or doing serious multitasking has never been so easy.

The new models are available in two sizes – 58.4 cm (23”) for the Z5100/Z5101 and 54.6cm (21.5”) for the Z3100/Z3101 – and ensure a fantastic vision thanks to high-brightness displays with Full HD 1920x1080 resolution and fast 5ms response. With embedded high-definition audio support and optimized Dolby Home Theater v3 audio enhancement, these desktop deliver an all-round entertainment experience as well as all-in-one convenience.

With a Blu-ray Disc optical drive (optional), multi-in-one card reader and TV-tuner (optional) these models are destined to become the true hubs of your digital life: from watching movies and TV to playing games or enjoying you pictures, all of your entertainment is within easy reach.

Full connectivity is ensured by the most advanced wireless and wired technologies: 802.11a/b/g/n network connection, Gigabit LAN and optional built-in Bluetooth 2.1. The integrated microphone and high definition webcam will help you keep in touch with what you care about through video chats and videoconference.

In terms of storage, these desktops offer a large Serial ATA hard disk with up to 1.5 TB of capacity giving you plenty of space for your growing digital archives. On top of it, up to 8GB of fast DDR3 memory ensure seamless running of most demanding application, while eight USB port supply seamless connection to all your peripherals.